Johnny Depp Wins Defamation Case, Ex-Wife Amber Heard To Pay $15 Million
Verdict has been reached and the jury has found Amber Heard guilty of defamation, ordering her to pay $15 million in damages.
Johnny Depp was also ordered to pay $2 million in Amber's countersuit. The verdict will be read in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia at 3 p.m. ET
The seven-member jury in Virginia found that a 2018 article penned by Heard on the "sexual violence" she had suffered was defamatory to Depp, and was written with malicious intent.
The eight-page verdict form contained 24 questions relating to Depp's suit against Heard and 18 questions relating to her countersuit against him.
Closing arguments in the case were held on Friday at the end of a six-week trial riding on claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse between the Hollywood celebrities.
The 58-year-old Depp filed suit against Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."
The jury has found Amber Heard guilty of defamation and ruled that Johnny Depp has been able to prove he was defamed.